I've heard stories of people who won't let their kids play with kids from parents that are politically different . Specifically Dems and Reps . I understand where it's coming from , but if you've done this I wonder if you've taken everything into consideration .
Those kids, yours and theirs are just kids . Sure some of their parents have less stringent rules and others have more stringent rules, but they are children . We were always allowed to play with any kids on the block . Baseball , football , roller skating , backyards made into mini ice rinks in the winter . Playing kick-the-can , ringing doorbells and then running . Climbing trees , 'saving' fallen young birds(they usually died anyway but we tried) . Red rover red rover , roasting marshmallows , sleeping in tents in the backyard . We could tell that other parents were more or less permissive . And we learned from it too !!
What if it was YOU who was ostracized from the rest of the kids ? How would that make you feel ?
2007-08-26
04:47:38
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